Girl, 8, died of sepsis after being sent home & told to take ibuprofen by GP who said ‘hospital was too full’

AN eight-year-old girl died from sepsis hours after being sent home from the GP who said the "hospital was full". Mia Glynn was taken to a GP surgery twice in four hours and despite showing symptoms of Group Strep A her parents were told to take her home. On the second appointment, the youngster was sent away with antibiotics after being told a hospital was full and they would be waiting in a corridor.

Mia's worried parents Soron, 39, and Katie, 37, first took her to the GP as she had been vomiting, had a severe headache and had been complaining of a sore throat. By the time of the second visit, she had not eaten properly for a further three days, had a raised heart rate, reduced urine output and was sleepy. Her concerned mum and dad queried whether she had the infection Group A Strep, which was prevalent at the time.

Read More on Health Despite this, a doctor advised Katie to give Mia fluids and ibuprofen and not to start antibiotics until Mia went to bed. The schoolgirl, who continued to feel poorly, slept in her parents' bed that night but awoke in the early hours of the morning and was agitated. Mia, who was disorientated, had rashes on her arms and legs and blue lips, complained she was hot but was cold to touch.

Soron and Katie, of Biddulph, Staffordshire , called an ambulance and paramedics rushed Mia to hospital where she was given intravenous fluids and antibiotics. Most read in Health However, she went into suspected septic shock and suffered a cardiac arrest around.